Donor
Lynn Greer: Life Changing Experiences
Two life changing events brought Lynn to the LGBT movement. The first was the March on Washington which she accidentally attended because she was adding a panel to the AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of her brother. The second was an OutGiving conference where she ...
Entertainer
Sarah Jones: Sarah Jones as Bella
Sarah Jones is a hilariously poignant Tony Award winning playwright and performer. This year she brought six guests to share their insights on what it means to be LGBT in today’s world. One guest is Bella, a young, overly enthusiastic, narcissistic, socially connected feminist who ...
National Leader
Rocío Inclán: An Education is a Civil Right
Rocío Inclán, Director of the Human Civil Rights Department of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, discusses NEA’s current and future work surrounding LGBT youth. Rocío explains why LGBT youth who don’t attend school because of bullying are denied their civil ...
National Leader
Brad Sears and Ineke Mushovic: The LGBT Movement Today
Ineke is the Executive Director of the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Brad is the Executive Director of the Williams Institute. As leaders of two premier research and data collection organizations, they provide a comprehensive look at the goals of the LGBT movement, its progress, ...
National Leader
Deepak Bhargava: 3 Reasons Immigration is an LGBT Issue
Deepak Bhargava is Executive Director of the Center for Community Change. Deepak shares three reasons he believes immigration is an LGBT issue. He explores how the LGBT and immigrant-rights movements have benefitted from working together, as well as how these two movements can solidify their ...
National Leader
Marguerite Kondracke: Everyone Deserves a Diploma
Marguerite Kondracke, President and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance (Alliance), explains the essential role allies can play in making sure all LGBT youth feel safe, secure, and nurtured – at school and at home. And she shares how the Alliance is including LGBT youth in ...
National Leader
Rea Carey & Panel: A Conversation on LGBT and Immigrant Rights
Five leaders share their perspectives from the intersection of the LGBT and immigrant rights movements—from the boycott in Arizona and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Media, National Leader
Pam Spaulding: Life of a Blogger
Pam has been blogging about LGBT issues for more than seven years. Here she shares an example of a single blogger influencing the outcome of a political race and how blogswarming ended an anti-trans campaign – both using nothing more than social media and blog ...
Donor
Craig Harwood: At Seven I Knew
With humor and honesty, Craig Harwood shares what being a gay man has meant in his life – how he turned pain into power and change in the world.
Donor
Joanne Herman: Developing Transgender Philanthropy
The top three transgender organizations in the country only have a combined annual budget of $1.4 million, and that's concerning for Joanne Herman, author of Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not. So concerning that at OutGiving 2009 Joanne helped launch the first-ever national transgender ...
National Leader
Jeremy Heimans: A Social Movement Critique
Jeremy has developed national and international campaigns that have grown from zero members to more than 50,000 in just four days. In 6 years GetUp mobilized more people than all of the political parties in Australia combined. Learn about AllOut, a new organization Jeremy hopes ...
Donor
Brickson Diamond: Passion In Philanthropy - Getting It Back
After he lost his inspiration as a philanthropist, Brickson Diamond took a step back from the world to reignite his passion to give. Refresh. Reclaim. Regenerate. After his return from sabbatical at the Esalen Institute, these three words describe Brickson's motivation to change his approach ...
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